Crime & Safety

Baby Goat Lured And Killed, Bathroom Videotaping: MA Crime

Massachusetts' top crime news also includes a woman indicted on a Christmas Day murder, the biting of a cop and a teen propositioned.

A teenager from Groton has been arrested in connection with the brutal death of a baby goat that was lured from a pen in Ashburnham. Police received a report on Friday that the small goat was missing. It was found dead 100 yards from its pen. Officers reported that the pen had been cut open and the animal was intentionally led away into the woods up a trail. Read more.

For at least the second time in a week a Boston Police officer has been bitten in the line of duty, according to police. Sunday evening during the booking process a man who was under arrest for allegedly getting into a fight in the middle of Fuller Street in Dorchester, and then refusing to listen to police, bit a police officer in the leg, according to police. Read more.

A Westford woman involved in a fatal wrong-way crash on I-495 earlier this month faces drunk driving and vehicular homicide charges, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's office. Julie Gagnon-Erickson, 45, was behind the wheel of a Nissan that collided with a Honda June 8 on I-495 South. Read more.

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Here are more of the top crime stories from across the Massachusetts Patch network this week. Individuals accused of crimes are presumed innocent.

Worcester Woman Indicted On Christmas Day Murder

Susan Dixon was indicted on charges that she dragged a man to his death after pulling out of a gas station.

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Roslindale Postal Worker Indicted For Undelivered Mail

A former Roslindale Post Office worker was charged after stacks of undelivered mail were found in the back of an SUV.

Men With Gun Chase Charlestown Resident Into His Home: Police

One teen was arrested and police are still looking for another man after the two allegedly showed a Charlestown man guns and then tried to rob him on Main Street. The man later told police they then chased him into his home.

Framingham Man Charged With Urinating In Front Of Woman, Kids

After allegedly urinating in public and exposing himself, a Framingham sex offender was arrested for failing to tell police he had moved.

Fatal Jamaica Plain Double Shooting: Man Indicted On New Charges

After he fired into a crowd in May at the Mildred C Hailey complex, killing 2, the man was arrested and has been held with no bail since.

Middleborough Man Charged With Propositioning Randolph Teen

Police say Glenn Everett allegedly offered a 16-year-old girl cash in exchange for sexual acts.

Somerville Man Secretly Videotaped Women In Bathroom, Bedrooms

The 34-year-old was sentenced Thursday for filming women in their bedrooms, getting into and out of the shower and having sex with him.

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